Buona Sera Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is delicious (especially the lobster mac and cheese and the handcrafted pizza)."
• "All good dishes were creative and delicious."
• "The lobster ravioli—the best I’ve had!"
• "The food was out of this world good!"
• "Their food is superb & the service is good."
• "Food was absolutely amazing."
• "The food was all amazing."

Cons:

• "I ordered chicken Palm and I have had better."
• "Unfortunately will not be making another visit as it is just way too expensive to risk another bad meal."
• "The service was subpar and the food did not meet expectations."
• "Dinner seemed to mimic sealed flash cooked in boiling water & dumped in a sauce or broth without any seasoning or flavor."
• "The food tasted over cooked, risotto was overcooked mashed potatoes had a weird consistency, the calamari was undercooked."
• "The food was meh at best. While the portions are enormous, there was nothing incredible."
• "The food was mediocre and relatively absent on flavor."

Service

Pros:

• "Our server Brandon was nothing short of amazing and went above and beyond for us."
• "Courtney our Server was EXCELLENT."
• "The wait staff was so friendly and engaging."
• "Our waiter was great."
• "Our server was excellent, so an overall great meal."
• "Service was attentive and our waiter was always around and easy to find."
• "The staff was very polite."

Cons:

• "Service was kinda slow."
• "He lost my card and eventually he found my card."
• "It took over an hour to get served dinner because it was extremely busy."
• "He was attentive at first but over the course of the evening got very hard to get ahold of for refills."
• "The waitress came by only once to give me my food and I had to wave her down to get my bill."
• "Service was good and personable but very very slow for entrees and check."
• "The service was overwhelmed with handling so many tables so we didn’t really get too much time to be checked on, drinks refilled, things like that."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Once you walk in you're greeted with a beautiful, nicely lit setting and a warm smile from the hostess."
• "Atmosphere was very nice also."
• "The inside is really ornate and gorgeous."
• "Upscale restaurant with a romantic decor."
• "The inside ambience, decor, seating is also amazing."
• "Absolutely wonderful service, food, and atmosphere."
• "It has a great atmosphere and It's layout makes the place feel intimate without being over crowded."

Cons:

• "The restaurant is very loud and difficult to have conversation with the table."
• "We got seated in an extremely noisy area and we could hardly hear each other."
• "On a Saturday night you allow 8 women to extend time till 10:15pm?!?!"
• "An average restaurant with high prices."
• "Very drafty table by the window. The girls and kids were freezing all night."
• "Only issue was the seating on lower level had me faced towards the back kitchen area staring at a garbage pale."
• "Meanwhile the noise level was slowly rising to a high school cafeteria din which made trying to talk to someone 3 chairs away impossible."

Value

Pros:

• "Our total bill with water was $52.00 before tip."
• "Portions were huge, so we have enough left over for lunch at home today."
• "I can't say enough how good the food was and quite sizable portions as well."
• "Food was really good and reasonably priced."
• "Pricing is fair, not overly priced at all."
• "Pricey menu but you get enough food that you can take home a meal so the price doesn't seem so overwhelming."
• "Fair value, leftovers always."